Category Archives: Demolition Alert

Burger-Matthews House, Kingston

Posted on November 28, 2011 by HV-Rob

It’s not too often we get to report good news, but here’s a developing story out of Kingston, New York. The City of Kingston Planning Board granted Transart Services permission to operate an African-American cultural museum at the c. 1873 … Continue reading →

Posted in Demolition Alert, Historic Preservation, Ulster County | 6 Comments

Memorial Field, Mount Vernon / Cross-Processing

Posted on November 21, 2011 by HV-Rob

Although photo labs have almost entirely stopped producing color slides in-store, you can still get E-6 film processed at local labs. By “cross-processing” the film, the lab will run it through the same chemicals used for developing color negative (C-41) … Continue reading →

Posted in Demolition Alert, New York City, Photography, Westchester County | 2 Comments

Tioronda demolitions, Beacon, NY

Posted on November 5, 2011 by HV-Rob

For the last couple of months, demolition has been occurring at the Tioronda Hat Works on the Fishkill Creek in Beacon. The c. 1879 mill became a warehouse in 1949 and was purchased by real estate developer William Ehrlich and … Continue reading →

Posted in Demolition Alert, Dutchess County | 33 Comments

Demo Alert – Meads Mountain House; Millwood Station

Posted on October 4, 2011 by HV-Rob

Sorry, the original entry for this post got published too soon. Here it is in full form. Here’s a couple of Demolition Alert updates – one that happened already and one that is only a threat but a threat that … Continue reading →

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Halcyon Hall / Bennett School For Girls, Millbrook, NY

Posted on September 7, 2011 by HV-Rob

Preservation Magazine recently published an online article about the fate of Halcyon Hall in Millbrook, NY, which has an October 1 date with the wrecking ball. The eclectic assemblage of Shingle, Tudor revival and Queen Anne architecture was built as … Continue reading →

Posted in Demolition Alert, Dutchess County | 85 Comments

Trinity Church, Albany

Posted on July 19, 2011 by HV-Rob

All Over Albany reported on the recent collapse and subsequent demolition of Trinity Church in Albany. James Renwick, Jr., architect of the Smithsonian “castle” in Washington DC, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, designed the church which was … Continue reading →

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Strang-Melbourne House, Yorktown

Posted on July 16, 2011 by HV-Rob

The Journal News reported today that the Strang-Melbourne House in Yorktown will be demolished by the end of this month. The Melbourne Farmhouse Bicentennial Committee has been trying to convince the Yorktown Central School District to not demolish the seemingly … Continue reading →

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Texaco Beacon Research Lab Demo Alert

Posted on June 8, 2011 by HV-Rob

Demolition of the Texaco Beacon Research Laboratory is expected to begin immediately. One of the first structures to be razed is a historic textile mill. The site was developed as a woolen mill in the 1820s. Texaco acquired the mill … Continue reading →

Posted in Demolition Alert, Dutchess County | 1 Comment